Hand-stamp.



G. W. WALTERS.

HAND STAMP.

APPLIOATION FILED APBJIB, 1910.

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Patented July 5,1910.

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B e'; it known that-1 GEORGE YALTERS, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at lSharon, inthe county of Mercer and State ofPennsylvania,lhave invented certain newand useful Improvements in Hand-Stamps,

of which thejfollotvin-g isl aspecifieation.

My invention relates'to improvements in l handstamps, the primaryobject` of the in- Ventron being to provide numbering disks yfor themost'frequently used li'gures in" a numbering,'machineon stamp, as forcxample,-tlie units and tens columns, said vnumbering disks beingadapted to be used in connection Wit-h the type bands ot an -ordinaryhand stamp 'and being 'adapted to be automatically actuatedfor'conse'cutive numberin as hereinafter more fully described.

Re erringto'the accompanying drawings, forming a part o'f'th-isspecification, Figure '1, is a perspective view 'of an ordinary handstamp 4equipped. with .my improvements. Fig. 2, alongitudinal'sectionalvievv ofthe same. Fig. `3, a cross. sectional viewtaken lthrough line 3-30f Fig. 2. Fig. 4:, ade tail perspective view ofa side extension member for attaching my improvements tothe yoke body ofan ordinary hand stam a. Fig. 5, a. perspectivevview of the yoke bo y otan ordinary hand stamp as it appears preparatory to attaching myimprovements thereto.

Fig. 6, a perspective vieiv .ot the numbering disk for the units column.

Similar numerals of reference designate. like partsthroughout all theigures of the drawings.

In lthe present embodiment of -my invention 4I have shown the device orIimprovements attached to an ordinary hand stamp comprising a yokeconsisting ot'4 the usual main body portion-1, 'and side arms or members2. The voke is provided with the usual drums 3, and stationary bridgemember 4, carrying the usual typebands 5. The drums 3,. are providedWlth thumbwheels G, by

' means of whichthedrums may be revolved to bring the respective typebands 5, into any desired position for printing the number desired.. A

As a means for attaching my improveL ments to an ordinary hand stamp, Iprovide a side extension frame as shown most clearly in Fig. 4 of thedrawings, said frame con- -sisting o .a bodyportion 7, termi: ating inan auxiliary Side member 8. The'body1 porT errno-sanare@ Parana orifice.

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tion 7, 'is adapted to fit -overthemain .body portion 1, of the stampyoke andis secured thereto by means of a screw 9, and ahandle screw10,.,carrying the usual stamp handle 11. The side member-8, on the sideextension is'secur'ed -tothe adjacent sidearms Q, .i

of the stamp yoke `by means' of an axlepin or sp1ndle12, 'secured inposition by means of nuts 13. A pairfof numbering 14,

and 15, are mounted on the axle pin, the disk 14, corresponding tothe'unitscolumn andthe disk 15, corresponding to the tens column,said'disks being provided on their inner sides with ratchet-wheels 16,and '17', the ratchet notches 1,6", on the units disk, corresponding tothe first nine digits, extending beyond the periphery of the'ratchet's1T', of the tens disk, and the'ratchet tooth 16b correspondin to thetenth or zero digit extendV ing into t 1e radial plane of the ratchets17, of the tens'disk as shou'n most clearly in Fig. 3, of the drawingsso that the spring pawl 1.8, when it reachcsthe ratchet tooth 1Gb,corresponding to the tenth or zero digit .of the'units disk, will alsofall into and engage the adjacent ratchet on the tens disk andsimultaneously actuate said unitsl and tens 4disks in proper sequentialorderin a 4Well understood manner.

As a means for actuating the spring pau'l by the hand While upon thestamp handle 11, a plunger rod 19 is slidably mounted 'in the handle andis provided with aside arm or extension 19, to -wvhichthe spring pau-lis attached. The spring paivl 18, is adapted to .be reci rocated foractuating the numbering dis ts and is depressed against the resistanceof a spring 20,' mounted in a socket 21, of the handle' immediatelybeneath a plunger c ap22.l The side arm orextensiou 19a, may'V extendthrou h a guide slot 33, in the auxiliary sidemem r 8, and as a meansfor manually operating the,numbering disks, Athumb wheels'24, may beprovided, and as a, means for holding 'the numbering disks in theirnormal position, sprintf arms 25, may be secured to the body 7 tiie freeends of said spring arms being 4adapted to rest in the recesses orindentati ons 24, of the thumb wheels as shown.

'From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings,

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invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. An attachment for hand stamps, comprising a side extension consistingof an auxiliary yoke body terminating in a side memanaxlelpin securingsaid side member toathe adjacent sidememberI of the stamp yoke, numberindisks mounted on, said axlepin and provi ed with ratchets, a spring pawladapt/ed to travel in said ratchets and actuate sa'ld disks in'propersequential order, a-'spring-resis'ted plunger mounted in the stamphandle and carrying said spring pawl, and. means for manually actuatingsaid disks independently of said pawl and ratchet mechanism.

c 2', In a hand stamp, the combination with a" yoke providedrwithactuating drums and type bands; of a side extension comprising. a

body portion fitting over thev main body por-V4 tion of said yoke. andterminating in an auxilaryside member, means for securing saidbodyipor'tions together, a handle, units and tens-numbering diskscarried by said side handle, a plurality of drums and a bridge radialplane of the ratdhets on the tens disk, a pawladapted to travel in saidratchets and.

essaie ,and provided Witliratchets radially spaced from each other andarranged' to -correspond to the numbers on said disks the ratchet ofmthe zero digit being in the same radial plane with that' of the ratchetofthe adjacent disk, a plunger, a pawl on said plungeradapted totravelin saidratchets and to/simultaneously actuate two adacent diskswhenfsaid 4 zero digit is reache and means for normally holding thenumerals on said disks in alinement with each other.4 i

4'. A hand stamp, lcomprising a yoke and member, a plurality of typebands carried on said drums and bridge member, means for manually andindependently rotating said drums, a pair of numbering disks provided ontheir inner sides with annularly arranged ratcliets, the ratchets o`nthe units disk corresponding to the r'st nine digits extending beyondtlieperiphery -o' the ratchets on the tens disk and the ratchetcorresponding to the zero digit extending into the to simultaneouslyaotuatesaid disks when said zero digit of the units disk is reached, aspring resisted plunger mounted in said handle and carrying'said pawl,and means for manually rotating said numbering disks.

In testixnogy whereof I have axed. my,

signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE W, WALTERS.

Witnesses F. W. CLARK,

S. L. Coon.

